By Aluta News Jan. 26, 2023 The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has said it would commit 10 billion dollars over the next five years to make Africa food secure. The president of the bank, Dr Akinwumi Adesina made the commitment at the Dakar Africa Food Summit in Diamniadio, Senegal.Continue Reading
By Aluta News Oct. 27, 2022 The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, says the Federal Government is working with the Nigeria Custom Service and other agencies to stop smuggling of food out of Nigeria. Abubakar made this known during a working visit to the National HorticulturalContinue Reading
By Aluta News Aug 12, 2022 The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has distributed food items to 1,241 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa. The Spokesman of the agency, Malam Hafizu Bello, stated this during the inauguration of food distribution exercise at the MalkoniContinue Reading
By Aluta News May 23, 2022 The African Development Bank (AfDB) says that Africa will not experience food crisis contrary to reports of an imminent food crisis. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the AfDB Group, gave the assurance at a meeting with journalists, ahead of the Bank’s 2022 AnnualContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 23, 2022 UN says hunger is rising in Somali with more than six million people now facing severe food shortages from April through mid-2022 because of extreme drought. UN Associate Spokesperson, Ms Eri Kaneko, said at a news conference on Friday in New York that acuteContinue Reading
By Aluta News April 03, 2022 Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara says the State Government has commenced the distribution of assorted food items and clothing worth over N 1.8 billion to indigents across the state. Matawalle inaugurated the distribution on Saturday to mark the commencement of the Ramadan fast inContinue Reading
By Aluta News Dec. 17, 2021 The Federal Government has rolled out plans to strengthen Nigeria’s agricultural sector so as to ensure food security in 2022. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammed Abubakar, disclosed this on Thursday at the launch of a Rural Rubber Resources Centre at NdiokoContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 28, 2021 The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says it has released the sum of N756.51 billion to 3,734,938 small holder farmers, cultivating 4.6 million hectares of land, to boost the Federal Government’s food security initiative. Mr Godwin Emefiele, the CBN Governor, made this known whileContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 27, 2021 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says transforming Africa’s food system is an obvious task requiring the active mobilisation and prioritisation of both public and private investments. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the vice president virtually spoke at theContinue Reading
By Aluta News July 23, 2021 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has called on the world’s richest countries to invest more on sustainable living, to ensure food security for the world’s growing population. FAO Director-General, Qu Dongyu, who made the appeal to G20 (Group of 20) environment ministersContinue Reading
